Moldova – you can have too much of a good thing

The organisers of the competition to pick a Eurovision song for Moldova have scrapped plans to whittle down their field with a public semi-final.

A few weeks back, broadcaster TRM named the 28 songs in the running. This low turnout appears to have driven a decision by a jury to scrap 12 of the songs outright, and promote the remaining 16 to a televised national final.

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